Albers, Josef |
German |
1888 |
1976 |
Bauhaus, Op-art / Graphic designer |
Notable art works by Josef Albers:
- Park (1924)
- Glass Window (1926)
- Treble Clef (1932-35)
- Together (1933)
- Graphic Tectonic (1941)
- Homage to the Square (series of 3-4 nested squares 1950-1976)
- The Interaction of Color (1963)
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Altdorfer, Albrecht |
German |
1480 |
1538 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Albrecht Altdorfer:
- Sebastian Altar (1509-1518)
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1510)
- Danube Landscape with Castle Wörth (1525)
- Susanna in the bath (1526)
- Susanna and the Elders (1526)
- The Battle of Alexander (1529)
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Arp, Hans |
German / French |
1886 |
1966 |
Dadaism, Surrealism |
Notable art works by Hans Arp:
- Head of Hans Arp (1929)
- To be lost in the forest, a sculpture (1932)
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Avercamp, Hendrick |
Dutch |
1585 |
1634 |
Baroque, famous for his winter landscapes |
Notable art works by Hendrick Avercamp:
- Dark Castle (1605-10)
- Circular picture with castle (1609)
- Enjoying the Ice (1610)
- A Farm to the Left of a Frozen River (1615)
- Fishing in the Moonlight (1625)
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Bacon, Francis |
Irish / British |
1909 |
1992 |
Cubism and later Surrealism |
Notable art works by Francis Bacon:
- Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944)
- Pope I (1951)
- The Cardinal (1955)
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Balthus |
Polish / French |
1908 |
2001 |
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Notable art works by Balthus:
- Mitsou (1921)
- The Road (1933)
- Alice (1933)
- The King of Cats (1935)
- Thérèse, Dreaming (1938)
- Dormeuse/Sleeping Girl (1943)
- The Happy Days (1944)
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Baselitz, Georg |
German |
1938 |
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Art Brut |
Notable art works by Georg Baselitz, one of Germany’s famous artists:
- The great Night Down the Drain (1962)
- The Naked Man (1963)
- Die große Nacht im Eimer(1963)
- The forest on its head (1969) series of images while standing upside down
- Supper in Dresden(1983)
- Der Ausgang – Karl(1987)
- Folkdance Melancholia (1989)
- More than 60 “Russian Paintings” (1998-2005)
- Vorwärts Wind/Remix (2007)
- Good grey (2009)
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Beale, Mary |
English |
1633 |
1699 |
Baroque |
Notable art works by Mary Beale:
- Charles Beale the Elder (c1660)
- Portrait of a Physician (1699)
- Portrait of Robert Colman (c1690)
- Mary Wither of Andwell (1675)
- Portrait of a Woman with a Black Hood (1660)
- Portrait of a Young Girl (1681)
- Portrait of a Youth (1689)
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Beckmann, Max |
German |
1884 |
1950 |
Expressionism |
Notable art works by Max Beckmann:
- The Night (1918)
- Still Life with Fallen Candles (1929)
- The Departure (1932-1933) triptych
- Journey on the Fish (1934)
- Cabaret Artists (1943)
- Self-Portrait in Olive and Brown (1945)
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Bellini, Giovanni |
Italian |
1430 |
1516 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Giovanni Bellini:
- Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (1465)
- Pietà (1470)
- Madonna on the Meadow (1501)
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Böcklin, Arnold |
Czech |
1827 |
1901 |
Symbolism |
Notable art works by Arnold Böcklin:
- Pan in the reeds (1859)
- Playing in the Waves (1883)
- The Isle of the Dead (1880-1886)
- The Sacred Grove (1886)
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Bosch, Hieronymus |
Dutch |
1450 |
1516 |
Gothic / Renaissance |
Notable art works by Hieronymus Bosch:
- The Last Judgment (1476)
- The Ship of Fools (1485)
- Death and the Miser (1488)
- The Haywain (1498) triptych
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (1495)
- The Juggler (1496)
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (1503-1504)
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Botticelli, Sandro |
Italian |
1445 |
1510 |
Gothic / Renaissance |
Notable art works by Sandro Botticelli:
- Allegory of Spring/La Primavera (1478)
- The Adoration of the Magi (1481)
- Venus and Mars (1483)
- The Birth of Venus (1486)
- Lamentation of Christ (1490)
- Calumny of Apelles (1495)
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Bourgeois, Louise |
French/American |
1911 |
2010 |
Contemporary art, Surrealism, Modern art, Feminist art, Installation art.
Sculptor, painter and printmaker. |
Notable art works by Louise Bourgeois:
- Maman (1999)
- Spider (1996)
- Janus Fleuri (1968)
- Quarantania I (1984)
- The Nest (1994)
- The Welcoming Hands (1996)
- Mamelles (1991)
- Father and Son (2005)
- Fragile Goddess (2002)
- Female Portrait (1962)
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Braque, Georges |
French |
1882 |
1963 |
Cubism / Fauvism |
Notable art works by Georges Braque:
- Port of Antwerp (1906)
- Road near Estaque (1908)
- Candlestick and Playing Cards on a Table (1910)
- Still Life with Playing Cards (1913)
- Man with a Guitar (1914)
- Still Life with “Le Jour” (1929)
- The Studio II (1949)
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Bruegel, Pieter the Elder |
Dutch |
1525c |
1569 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Pieter the Elder Bruegel:
- The Seven Vices (1557)
- The Battle between Carnival and Lent (1559)
- The Dutch Proverbs (1559)
- Children’s Games (1560)
- The Triumph of Death (1562)
- The Winter – The Hunters in the Snow (1565)
- The Land of Cockaigne (1567)
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Caillebotte, Gustave |
French |
1848 |
1894 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Gustave Caillebotte:
- The Floor Scrapers (1875)
- The Europe Bridge (1876)
- Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877)
- View of Rooftops / Snow (1878)
- Soirée im Hotel Caillebotte in der Rue Monceau im Jahre 1878 (1878)
- Man on a Balcony (1880)
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Caravaggio |
Italian |
1571 |
1610 |
Baroque |
Notable art works by Caravaggio, one of the most famous artists:
- Bacchus (1595)
- Medusa (1599)
- Christ at Emmaus (1601)
- The Entombment of Christ (1603)
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Carrà, Carlo |
Italian |
1881 |
1966 |
Futurism |
Notable art works by Carlo Carrà:
- Apocalyptic Horseman (1908)
- Leaving the Theatre (1911)
- Interventionist Demonstration (1914)
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Carrington, Leonora |
English/Mexican |
1917 |
2011 |
Surrealism |
Notable art works by Leonora Carrington:
- The Giantess (c1947)
- The Meal of Lord Candlestick (1938)
- Adieu Ammenotep (1960)
- The Artist Traveling Incognito (1949)
- Operation Wednesday (1969)
- Portrait of the Late Ms Partridge (1947)
- Around Wall Street or portrait of Pablo in NY (1973)
- Peacocks of Chen (1971)
- Green Tea (1942)
- Amor che move il Sole et l’altre Stelle (1946)
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Cassatt, Mary |
American |
1844 |
1926 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Mary Cassatt:
- Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878)
- Moise Dreyfus (1879)
- The Loge (1882)
- The Bath (1892)
- The Boating Party (1893-1894)
- Mother and Child (1899)
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Cézanne, Paul |
French |
1839 |
1906 |
Post Impressionism |
Notable art works by Paul Cézanne, one of the most famous artists:
- The House of Doctor Gachet in Auvers (1873)
- View of Auvers (1874)
- Plain by Mont Sainte Victoire (1885-1887)
- Kitchen Table (1890)
- Boy in the Red Vest (1890)
- The Card Players (1890-1892)
- Still Life with Cherub (1895)
- Pyramid of Skulls (1901)
- The Bathers (1905)
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Chagall, Marc |
Russian / French |
1887 |
1985 |
Naïve art, Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism, Modern art, Modernism, Symbolism, Fauvism |
Notable art works by Marc Chagall, one of the most famous artists:
- The Violinist (1911)
- Self-portrait with Seven Fingers (1913)
- Paris Through the Window (1913)
- The Falling Angel (1923-1947)
- The Walk (1925)
- The Acrobat (1930)
- The Juggler (1943)
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Chardin, Jean Simeon |
French |
1699 |
1779 |
Still life |
Notable art works by Jean Simeon Chardin:
- The Ray (1728)
- The Laundress (1735)
- Woman cleaning Turnips (1738)
- The Messenger (1739)
- The Kitchen Maid (1740)
- Saying Grace (1744)
- Still Life with Water Glass and Jug (1750-1760)
- Basket with Wild Strawberries (1760-1761)
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Chicago, Judy |
American (USA) |
1939 |
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Minimalism, Feminist art |
Popular art works by Judy Chicago:
- The Dinner Party (1979)
- Rainbow Pickett (1965)
- Female Rejection Drawing, from the Rejection Quintet (1974)
- Rainbow Shabbat (1992)
- Earth Birth (1983)
- Heaven Is for White Men Only (1973)
- Bigamy Hood (1965)
- Power Headache (1984)
- Big Blue Pink (1971)
- Birth Tear-Tear (1985)
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Constable, John |
British |
1776 |
1837 |
Romantic |
Notable art works by John Constable, one of Britain’s most famous artists:
- Dedham Vale (1802)
- Weymouth Bay with Approaching Storm (1819)
- The Haywain (1821)
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Corinth, Lovis |
German |
1858 |
1925 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Lovis Corinth:
- In the Fisherman’s House (1886)
- Susanna and the Elders (1890)
- In the Slaughterhouse (1893)
- Self-Portrait with Skeleton (1896)
- The Witches (1897)
- Portrait of Count Keyserling (1900)
- Cat’s Breakfast (1913)
- The Sea Near La Spezia (1914)
- The Red Christ (1922)
- Ecco homo (1925)
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Courbet, Gustave |
French |
1819 |
1877 |
Realism |
Notable art works by Gustave Courbet:
- The Artist’s studio (1855)
- Grain Sifters (1855)
- Sleep (1866)
- The Origin of the World (1866)
- The Trout (1871)
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Cranach, Lucas the Elder |
Dutch |
1472 |
1553 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Lucas the Elder Cranach:
- Martin Luther (1525)
- Three Graces (1530)
- Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1530)
- River Nymph At The Fountain (1534)
- Venus with Cupid, a woodcut (1540)
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David, Jacques-Louis |
French |
1748 |
1825 |
Classicism |
Notable art works by Jacques-Louis David:
- Andromache mourning Hector (1783)
- Oath of the Horatii (1784)
- The Death of Marat (1793)
- The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799)
- Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1800)
- Coronation of Napoleon in Notre-Dame (1804)
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Da Vinci, Leonardo |
Italian |
1452 |
1519 |
all Renaissance periods, Florentine painting.
Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, scientist, geologist, musician, mathematician, engineer, author, astronomer, botanist, historian, cartographer. |
Notable art works by Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most famous artists of all time:
- Ginevra de’ Benci (1474-1478)
- Two riders (1481)
- Lady with an Ermine (1483)
- The Last Supper (1495-1497)
- Mona Lisa (1503-1506)
- Madonna of the Rocks (1508)
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Dali, Salvador |
Spanish |
1904 |
1989 |
Surrealism / Futurism |
Notable art works by Salvador Dali, famous artist:
- Girl at the Window (1925)
- The Enigma of Desire or My Mother, My Mother, My Mother (1929)
- The Persistence of Memory (1931)
- The Golden Age (1931)
- Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (1936)
- The Burning Giraffe (1936)
- The Sublime Moment (1938)
- Woman with Drawers (1958)
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Degas, Edgar |
French |
1834 |
1917 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Edgar Degas:
- The Belleli Family (1860-1862)
- The Woman Ironing (1869)
- Musicians in the Orchestra (1870-1871)
- Dance Class (1874)
- Dance Lesson (1879)
- The Prima Ballerina (1879)
- The Tub (1886)
- Woman Drying Herself (1890-1895)
- The Fallen Jockey (1896-1898)
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Delacroix, Eugène |
French |
1798 |
1863 |
Romantic |
Notable art works by Eugène Delacroix:
- The Barque of Dante (1822)
- Massacre at Chios (1824)
- Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1826)
- The Death of Sardanapalus (1827)
- Liberty Leading the People (1830)
- The Women of Algiers (1834)
- Tiger Hunt (1854)
- Indian Woman Bitten by a Tiger (1856)
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Delaunay, Robert |
French |
1885 |
1941 |
Avant Garde |
Notable art works by Robert Delaunay:
- Portrait of Jean Metzinger (1906)
- Eiffel Tower (1911)
- La Ville de Paris (1911-1912)
- Simultaneous Windows (1912)
- Tall Portuguese Woman (1915)
- Portrait of Tristan Tzara (1923)
- Circular shapes (1930)
- Rhythm series (1930-1935)
- Air, Iron and Water (1937)
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Dix, Otto |
German |
1891 |
1969 |
New Objectivity |
Notable art works by Otto Dix:
- Portrait of Parents (1921)
- War (1929-1932)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1933)
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Dubuffet, Jean |
French |
1901 |
1985 |
Art Brut, sculptor |
Notable art works by Jean Dubuffet:
- Two Naked Women (1942)
- Métro (1943)
- Street with Men (1944)
- Madame Mouche (1945)
- Phénomènes (1958-1959)
- Restaurant Rougeot I (1961)
- “l’Hourloupe” series (1962-1968)
- Rue de l’Entourloupe (1963)
- Portable Landscape (1968) sculpture
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Dürer, Albrecht |
German |
1471 |
1528 |
Late Gothic / Renaissance |
Notable art works by Albrecht Dürer, one of Germany’s most famous artists:
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498) woodcut
- Self-portrait in Fur Coat (1500)
- Hare (1502)
- The Great Piece of Turf (1503)
- Feast of the Rosary (1506)
- Adam and Eve (1507)
- Knight, Death and the Devil, a copper engraving (1513)
- Jakob Fugger (1519)
- The Four Apostles (1526)
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Duchamp, Marcel |
French / American |
1887 |
1968 |
Surrealism, Dada, conceptual art, plastic art
(Duchamp did not consider himself a Dada artist) |
Notable art works by Marcel Duchamp:
- Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912)
- Fountain (1917)
- The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (1923)
- Bicycle Wheel (1913)
- L.H.O.O.Q. (1919) – What is a gramogram?)
- Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas (1966)
- Bottle Rack (1914)
- Prelude to a Broken Arm (1915)
- La Boîte-en-valise/Box in a Suitcase (1941)
- Fresh Widow (1920)
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El Greco |
Spanish |
1541 |
1614 |
Renaissance, painter, sculptor |
Notable art works by El Greco/Doménikos Theotokópoulos:
- Christ Healing a Blind Man (1565)
- Pieta (1570)
- Giulio Clovio (1570)
- Annunciation (1570-1576)
- Resurrection of Christ (1584-1594)
- View of Toledo (1597-1599)
- Disrobing of Christ (1608)
- Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608-1614)
- Laocoon (1610-1614)
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Ernst, Max |
German |
1891 |
1976 |
Surrealism / Dada, painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet |
Notable art works by Max Ernst one of Germany’s most famous artists:
- The Elephant Celebes (1921)
- Oedipus Rex (1922)
- The Rendezvous of Friends (1922)
- Young Virgin Spanking the Infant Jesus In Front of Three Witnesses (1926)
- The Great Forest (1927)
- The whole city (1935-1936)
- The Robing of the Bride (1940)
- Happy Moon (1970)
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Escher, Maurits Cornelis
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Dutch |
1898 |
1972 |
Surrealism, graphic artist and master of optical illusions |
Notable art works by Maurits Escher:
- Drawing Hands (1948)
- Belvedere (1958)
- Moebius Strip II (1963)
- Ascending and Descending (1960)
- Waterfall (1961)
- Relativity (1953)
- Sky and Water I (1938)
- Three Worlds (1955)
- Metamorphosis I (1937)
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Francis, Sam |
American |
1923 |
1994 |
Tachism, Action painting |
Notable art works by Sam Francis:
- Painting (1957)
- Around the Blues (1957-1962)
- Damn Braces (1960)
- Blue Blood Stone (1960)
- White Bone (1971)
- Concert Hall, I (1976)
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Frankenthaler, Helen |
American (USA) |
1928 |
2011 |
Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Lyrical Abstraction |
Popular art works by Helen Frankenthaler:
- Mountains and Sea (1952)
- East and Beyond (1973)
- Grey Fireworks (2000)
- Tales of Genji III (1998)
- What Red Lines Can Do (1970)
- Glow II (1968)
- Mauve District (1966)
- Solar Imp (2001)
- Robinson’s Wrap (1974)
- Contentment Island (2004)
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Friedrich, Caspar David |
German |
1774 |
1840 |
Romantic |
Notable art works by Caspar David Friedrich:
- Monk by the Sea (1809)
- Winter Landscape (1811)
- Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1817)
- Chalk Cliffs on Rügen (1818)
- The Sea of Ice (1824)
- The Stages of Life (1834)
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